Quite honestly, this is lazy critiquing, Mr. Sarris. For the publication you represent, I expected something more substantial. Instead, you've found refuge with the hordes of film critics who have prematurely bared their teeth at this film. I have not seen it myself, so I cannot judge but I can understand how a bias can be nurtured long before a work is seen. Either way, you specifically distance yourself from the very subject matter that makes the film so controversial. If a movie critic chooses to judge a movie by how much he knows of its actors and what references it makes, he effectively misses the point of buying into the film rather than the sordid history behind this particular one. You may want to rewatch both this and "Donnie Darko" and perhaps reconsider.